CodeBreaker wrote:Edwards enters Team USA locker room and says "there's a new sheriff in town"
There might be tension in the Team USA locker room after the Wolves beat the Celtics in the Finals. Tatum will b mad.
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CodeBreaker wrote:Edwards enters Team USA locker room and says "there's a new sheriff in town"
DLoMor wrote:The Corey's wrote:Why you dragging Tatum into this? The Wolves aren't ready. It's a wait your turn league.
It ain't their turn.
Because what has Tatum done and won so far? Nothing, probably one of the most overrated players of all time in my honest opinion. Ant is already better than him.
EmpireFalls wrote:I think Ant is getting a tad overrated to be quite honest. It’s definitely not just him doing this. KAT and Reid have been incredible offensively too, and he isn’t even the best or even the second best defender on his team (McDaniels, NAW, and Gobert do more on defense)
He’s a great young talent and a likable guy though. Just not sure if I’m willing to say he’s on that MJ Bron Kobe level yet.
Revived wrote:GrandTheftRondo wrote:EmpireFalls wrote:I think Ant is getting a tad overrated to be quite honest. It’s definitely not just him doing this. KAT and Reid have been incredible offensively too, and he isn’t even the best or even the second best defender on his team (McDaniels, NAW, and Gobert do more on defense)
He’s a great young talent and a likable guy though. Just not sure if I’m willing to say he’s on that MJ Bron Kobe level yet.
Because he’s likeable and aesthetically pleasing to watch people are desperate for him to ascend into an all time great quickly while ignoring the rest of his teams talent.
Even calling him “likable” is kind of crazy just because he’s goofy and always smiling on the court. Off the court, he was streaming himself using homophobic slurs and then got caught cheating on his wife of two months with another girl who he had to bribe to get an abortion. Probably other things too that I’m not remembering right now.
Terrific player sure but I see people labeling him a “role player” type guy and that’s insane to me. There’s a difference between guys like LeBron/Steph etc who never got caught up in any off court crap like Edwards does.
Revived wrote:GrandTheftRondo wrote:EmpireFalls wrote:I think Ant is getting a tad overrated to be quite honest. It’s definitely not just him doing this. KAT and Reid have been incredible offensively too, and he isn’t even the best or even the second best defender on his team (McDaniels, NAW, and Gobert do more on defense)
He’s a great young talent and a likable guy though. Just not sure if I’m willing to say he’s on that MJ Bron Kobe level yet.
Because he’s likeable and aesthetically pleasing to watch people are desperate for him to ascend into an all time great quickly while ignoring the rest of his teams talent.
Even calling him “likable” is kind of crazy just because he’s goofy and always smiling on the court. Off the court, he was streaming himself using homophobic slurs and then got caught cheating on his wife of two months with another girl who he had to bribe to get an abortion. Probably other things too that I’m not remembering right now.
Terrific player sure but I see people labeling him a “role player” type guy and that’s insane to me. There’s a difference between guys like LeBron/Steph etc who never got caught up in any off court crap like Edwards does.
ChipotleWest wrote:CodeBreaker wrote:Edwards enters Team USA locker room and says "there's a new sheriff in town"
There might be tension in the Team USA locker room after the Wolves beat the Celtics in the Finals. Tatum will b mad.
picc wrote:EmpireFalls wrote:I think Ant is getting a tad overrated to be quite honest. It’s definitely not just him doing this. KAT and Reid have been incredible offensively too, and he isn’t even the best or even the second best defender on his team (McDaniels, NAW, and Gobert do more on defense)
He’s a great young talent and a likable guy though. Just not sure if I’m willing to say he’s on that MJ Bron Kobe level yet.
What's become apparent to me is that he's in the perfect basketball situation for a talented scoring guard. I noticed it first in the Suns series when he was outplaying Booker due to a lot of circumstances outside of Booker's control, and I'm noticing it more now.
- Insane defensive team around him with switchable defenders, allowing him to lock in on anyone for a period and then pass him off to another all-nba defender
- Insane defensive team allowing him to press up on people knowing Gobert is in the paint and the rest of the team is locked in on defensive rotations
- Point guard to handle the ball and run and organize the team (which Booker did not have, for instance)
- Multiple floor spacing bigs who shoot the three at high percentage, one of which is also a 25ppg scorer
I'm not saying Ant isn't great, because he obviously is. Just anybody couldn't do what he's doing. But the complete-ness of the team is really visible and Ant doesn't really have to do anything extra or out of his comfort zone.
The coaching is also to thank for that. I wasn't really familiar with Chris Finch before this, but anyone who can coach a defensive team like this deserves recognition and admiration.
EmpireFalls wrote:Maybe he really is the next Jordan after all?
Because that sounds an awful lot like the Bulls formula they found in the early 90s and especially 1996.
DLoMor wrote:Don't forget to mention that the Gobert trade was probably the best trade ever and that the Wolves fleeced the Jazz.
EmpireFalls wrote:I think Ant is getting a tad overrated to be quite honest. It’s definitely not just him doing this. KAT and Reid have been incredible offensively too, and he isn’t even the best or even the second best defender on his team (McDaniels, NAW, and Gobert do more on defense)
He’s a great young talent and a likable guy though. Just not sure if I’m willing to say he’s on that MJ Bron Kobe level yet.
picc wrote:EmpireFalls wrote:I think Ant is getting a tad overrated to be quite honest. It’s definitely not just him doing this. KAT and Reid have been incredible offensively too, and he isn’t even the best or even the second best defender on his team (McDaniels, NAW, and Gobert do more on defense)
He’s a great young talent and a likable guy though. Just not sure if I’m willing to say he’s on that MJ Bron Kobe level yet.
What's become apparent to me is that he's in the perfect basketball situation for a talented scoring guard. I noticed it first in the Suns series when he was outplaying Booker due to a lot of circumstances outside of Booker's control, and I'm noticing it more now.
- Insane defensive team around him with switchable defenders, allowing him to lock in on anyone for a period and then pass him off to another all-nba defender
- Insane defensive team allowing him to press up on people knowing Gobert is in the paint and the rest of the team is locked in on defensive rotations
- Point guard to handle the ball and run and organize the team (which Booker did not have, for instance)
- Multiple floor spacing bigs who shoot the three at high percentage, one of which is also a 25ppg scorer
I'm not saying Ant isn't great, because he obviously is. Just anybody couldn't do what he's doing. But the complete-ness of the team is really visible and Ant doesn't really have to do anything extra or out of his comfort zone.
The coaching is also to thank for that. I wasn't really familiar with Chris Finch before this, but anyone who can coach a defensive team like this deserves recognition and admiration.
DLoMor wrote:Don't forget to mention that the Gobert trade was probably the best trade ever and that the Wolves fleeced the Jazz.
CobraCommander wrote:If the wolves win this year, like it or not, worthy or not, Edwards will assume the mantle of the best player on earth and the Kobe, MJ, LeBron sportcenter lead off Ablock spot will be his….
ESPN prayed for Booker or Tatum to be this new good looking blue blooded American all star face of the league and when that was looking shaky they turned to Ja and Zion and those men got issues - but like mana from
Heaven Stephen A Smith and his bosses at ESPN have found their man and Adam Silver can rest easy knowing that he can tell Bronny, LBJ and Rich Paul - I’m out of the King James business and into the Edwards business -
It feels ordained -
I would love to see Edwards and wolves win but I swear I don’t want the fake narrative - i hope it’s organic and Luka sga Tatum Brunson and Maxey all get some time based on merit and not just narrative
DLoMor wrote:The Corey's wrote:Why you dragging Tatum into this? The Wolves aren't ready. It's a wait your turn league.
It ain't their turn.
Because what has Tatum done and won so far? Nothing, probably one of the most overrated players of all time in my honest opinion. Ant is already better than him.